“She was in her vehicle and she rolled down her window and yelled ‘Help me,’” Steele recalled.

Brabo parked on the passenger’s side of a car that was already parked at the restaurant’s drive-through window about 11:45 p.m. Friday, according to Steele.

Steele said she couldn’t hear the woman very well, as the woman could barely speak, and Steele initially thought it was a joke.

“I panicked,” Steele said. “I started crying and I went out there right away.”

The couple inside the other car parked at the drive-through could clearly see the blood covering the nearly naked woman and told Steele to call an ambulance.

The man inside the other car helped answer questions for Brabo and relayed them to Steele who was on the phone with 911 dispatchers.

“She kept repeating that she was cold and that she wanted a blanket. I was praying that she would get out of there safe and sound,” Steele said, explaining that the woman couldn’t move from her spot in the car. “All I could see was that she was wearing a bra and it was soaked in blood.”

Steele said they didn’t have any blankets on hand, but the police officer gave her his coat when he arrived on the scene within minutes of the 911 call. Ambulance paramedics gave her several blankets after they were able to get her out of her car and take her to the hospital.

“I was just so scared for her that she wasn’t going to make it because of how much blood she was losing,” Steele said. “I could see the wound on her head … it was pretty bloody."

Five employees, including one who was not working, were inside the McDonald’s restaurant when Brabo drove there for help. One of the employees stood outside with Brabo amid freezing temperatures waiting for police and helped gather information for them when they arrived.

“It was traumatic,” Steele said. “To see something like this and to know people can hurt people like this – Wow – that’s not OK. I feel for her and her family and hope that she makes it out OK.”